Word: cabineteer
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...pressures on Arafat from outside were not enough, they coincide with the worst domestic scandal of his tenure as Palestinian Authority chief. Last Friday his entire Cabinet resigned after the elected Legislative Council voted to demand that he dissolve his government and appoint a new one within a month. In the past, Arafat has capriciously ignored the council's resolutions, but the charges of abuse of power are badly undercutting his credibility. Says an Arafat aide: "The resolution left Arafat armless. He can't confront the Israeli measures and policies with a corrupt administration and with no public support...
While the resignation of the Cabinet gave Arafat breathing room, there are no easy choices for him when it comes to handling the Islamic militants. Palestinian officials show no great appetite for complying with Israeli and American demands to swoop down on them. Last week in Jericho a senior official counseled Arafat, "We speak and act as if we are puppets manipulated by the Israelis, and the time has come to stop this apologetic policy." Yet Arafat, according to one of his associates, is terrified that the Islamists will carry out more bombings, prompting a dramatic response by Israel that...
...reshuffled, today's peace talks between the two Koreas couldn't come at a more critical time. United Nations relief teams report that North Korea's drought threatens a deadly famine on the scale seen recently in Ethiopia and Somalia. Meanwhile, South Korea's president today ousted half his cabinet, explaining the move as an effort to better manage economic policies and ensure fair presidential elections in December. Breakthroughs are not expected as North and South Korea sit down with China and the U.S. for talks, at Columbia University in New York, about lifting or easing economic sanctions against...
...reshuffled, today's peace talks between the two Koreas couldn't come at a more critical time. United Nations relief teams report that North Korea's drought threatens a deadly famine on the scale seen recently in Ethiopia and Somalia. Meanwhile, South Korea's president today ousted half his cabinet, explaining the move as an effort to better manage economic policies and ensure fair presidential elections in December. Breakthroughs are not expected as North and South Korea sit down with China and the U.S. for talks, at Columbia University in New York, about lifting or easing economic sanctions against...
...while Palestinian officials blast that threat as paramount to a "declaration of war," the wobbly Arafat government is no shape to put up much of a fight. Outraged by Hamas violence as well as flamboyant corruption in high places, Palestinian legislators demanded Thursday that Arafat's entire 18-member Cabinet resign, while commentators around the world hounded the Palestinian leader for twiddling his thumbs as the peace process stalls. In times like these, good ol' friendly Washington must seem galaxies away...